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St. Charles Parish Artist Nonney Oddlokken
People often travel the world looking for meaning and inspiration. St. Charles Parish artist Nonney Oddlokken found that inspiration at home in the marshes and culture of South Louisiana. It was an awakening for her. The 60-year-old New Orleans native has been on a long, personal journey that has taken...
Southerns food truck founder opens fried chicken sandwich restaurant in Metairie
Fried chicken thigh sandwiches weren’t always a thing. Recently, they have been behind fast-food trends and they have taken their place on upscale menus, like Atchafalaya’s Korean fried chicken sandwich with gochujang honey. Southern’s co-founders Anthony Cruz and Gene Colley debuted their shatteringly crisp and juicy fried chicken...
George French, renowned New Orleans jazz and rhythm & blues bassist and singer, has died
George French, the versatile and prolific New Orleans jazz and rhythm & blues bassist and vocalist, died Aug. 28 of complications from COVID and cancer at a care facility in Metairie, his son Gerald French confirmed. He was 81. As a bassist, George French appeared on a slew of rhythm...
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